On 21 October 2013 10:34, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 09:43:09AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > In fact I think (but not use!) that you have a conscious path > > between any brain, and the empty brain (no brain!). > > > > > > How can that be? There is no continuous path between a universal > machine and a trivial machine - universality will be lost at a precise > point of removing hardware. > > I think you've been overly influenced by the fading qualia argument, > which I've always felt to be fallacious. > > In fact it's a no-brainer...... (Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll get my coat and be off to the Cartesian Theatre...) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
